ShellMaza's First Custom Kit.

[ShellMaza]

Purpose! 4ghz Mark!
System Specs As Followed.
Intel P4 HT 3.4Ghz D0 Steping
MSI MB 865 Chip Set. Neo3.
OCZ Platinum Ram 1Gig Sofar, Going To 4 Gigs
GForce FX6600 Dual DVI 256MB DDR

Currently Using A Thermaltake Big Water Cooling Kit. YUCK!

Pictures ASAP!

[ShellMaza]

Picked Up A Black Ice III 360MM Rad.
Desided To Mount It On The Outside Of The Case.
And A Swiftech MCP650 Pump.

All 1/2 Tubing :)

[Benvanz]

So other than putting the rad on the outside, what other things are planned?

[ShellMaza]

Just Ordered The T-Line, Clamps, And UV Dual 4" Lights To Go Under The Rad To Light Up The 3 120MM UV Green Fans :)

[ShellMaza]

Inside The Case I Have a Danger Den Water Block, Danger Den NB Water Block, And 1/2 Tubing UV Green, 2 120mm UV Green Fans, 2 4" UV Cathodes. Trying To Find A Bulk Head To Put The Connection Stright Thru The Case To Mimnize Hose Lenght.
Ultra-X UV Reactive PSU. All UV Reactive Sleeving And UV Reactive Heat Shrink. This Baby Is Gonna GLOW!
Still Waiting On Parts To Come In. Will Update Soon.

[ShellMaza]

Update. I Personaly Got Upset With The Small Space The Soprano Has, So I Bought A Lian-Li V2000B. Where Can I Get Some 36in Single Device IDE Rounded Cables For Under 6buxs?

[RIPSTER]

lookin good im subscribed

[Burdman27911]

SVC has some Round IDE cables for a cheap price and I haven't heard anything bad about them from all the people here on the boards. Here is a link (http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=svcompucycle&query=Round+IDE) to a search for 'Round IDE' on their site. I'd say that under $4 for cables are good (considering I spent $7 before I knew about these :()

[ShellMaza]

It's Allmost Done!
Heres A Picture Of It Under My Desk.

[SolidxSnake]

lookin good man

[ShellMaza]

More Pictures!

[pik4chu]

nice and clean looking in there. Good color matching too with the tubes/sleeving. Looks nice! When are you going to try a little OC?

[hainer36]

looking nice, hows the 3.4E doin?

[ShellMaza]

Its Not A 3.4E, We Atleast I Not Sure If It Is Or Isn't

Right Now
OC 205 x 17
116f Idel
131f 3/4 Load.

Need To Make It COLD!!!! :)

[ShellMaza]

Heres The Info :)

[ShellMaza]

Weird.... My Vcore Bounces Around From 1.266 To 1.305

Is That Normal?

[Burdman27911]

What PSU do you have... it sounds like that's the culprit. Mine jumps around a little (but not that much) and that's because I have a PSU that a friend wasn't using.

[ShellMaza]

Ultra-X 500watt

[ShellMaza]

This Power Supplie.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=ULT31554

[Turtle Shell]

i would get a diff psu like a fortron or ocz power stream ultras are not that good

[ShellMaza]

geeze, where are the OCZ PSU and are they modular?

[Son1990]

No, They are not modular. Check Newegg.

[ShellMaza]

well, i'm not really instread in spending 200usd for a psu.... are we 100% sure it's the psu causing the voltage jumps?

[Son1990]

Im not sure about "we" but I think its a possibility. Take a multimeter and check the rails. Tell us what they read.......please.

[ShellMaza]

What Are The "Rails"?

[ShellMaza]

Ok. Now I'm Looking For A Set Of Inline Temp Monitors So I Can Monitor Before CPU And After Cpu Temps And Before Rad And After Rad Temps. Where Can I Find Some?
1/2 ID - 5/8 OD

[ShellMaza]

I'm Trying To Get This Thing To Run About 80F Under 100% Load.

[Soichiro]

I really think it's the power supply causing the problem... just get a 500W Fortron Blue Storm (~$70-80 from newegg), and it'll cool that CPU off a lot. Prescotts run hot as it is, and a PSU with voltages jumping all over the place will only make it hotter. As for a temp monitor, I'd say xoxide.com would be your best bet.

[ShellMaza]

how about a 2nd psu? i have an old external scsi enclouser with a 150w psu. i bet i could remove the little psu off the enclosure and transplant it into the case to run all the wc/lights i have a small project box i turn into a power box. All My Lights And Pump, And Rad Fans Plug Into It. Could This Be An Idea?

[Son1990]

What Are The "Rails"?

Rails = 12v and 5v lines On molex pins and other connectors.

[Son1990]

how about a 2nd psu? i have an old external scsi enclouser with a 150w psu. i bet i could remove the little psu off the enclosure and transplant it into the case to run all the wc/lights i have a small project box i turn into a power box. All My Lights And Pump, And Rad Fans Plug Into It. Could This Be An Idea?

Very practical. Many people/modders have done so.

[natewildes]

I have a seperate box with a second PS and fan controller in it; as it sits inside one of my desk drawers, it makes my case look (and sound) a little better.

[ShellMaza]

Mine Sounds Like A Jet.... Wish I Cloud Quite It Down....

[ShellMaza]

Ok... Shipping For A PSU..... Ideas? Volt Controls? I Perfer Modular.... Got About 100bux to play with....

[ShellMaza]

Would Dual +12v Rails Be A Best Bet?

[ShellMaza]

Heres A Question, Can I Put The Pump After The Cpu Block?

[ShellMaza]

Reason: Shorter Tubes....
Heat From Pump Is Not Indirect Contact... MEaning The Heat From The Pump Gets Cooled By The Core Before It Even Touches Water Blocks

Example Attached..

[ShellMaza]

Also, Found Out Wy My Rails Fluxed So Much.... One Of The Lights Grounded Out.....
Opened My Case To Do My Monthly Blow Out And It Was Melted..... Man I Was Freaked Out!!!!

[ShellMaza]

Hello?

[shawkins]

I knew the Ultra PSU's are crappy, because I am using one, but I didnt think they were that bad. Good to know you found the problem.

[ShellMaza]

Will The Drawing I Posted On The New Way I Would Like To Run The Tubing Improve Temps?

[ShellMaza]

Ok, Update, i Switched My CPU To A Newer One A Bit Slower But OC Fine To 3.4Ghz :P 109F Idel

[Captain Slug]

Will The Drawing I Posted On The New Way I Would Like To Run The Tubing Improve Temps?
Changing the order of devices in the loop rarely makes a noticable change. Most of the effect of whatever changes you make would have more to to with the tubing paths than it would which comes first or last in the loop.

[ShellMaza]

Well Instread Of Pushing Liquid Into The Blocks, I'll Be Pulling And The Tub Lenght Will Be Allmost In Half.... I Believe I Read Some Where If The Time To Travel From A To B, Will All Improve Temps..

I'm Not 100% Sure, Thats Why I Havn''t Done It Yet, Research! :)

[ShellMaza]

Plus, I'm Replacing These 69CFM Fans With 115CFM Fans.... :) That Should Help, Dont Ya Think?

[ShellMaza]

RAD -> CPU -> NB -> Pump ->+
+---<------<-------<--------|


Does This Make Sence?

[ShellMaza]

How About A Peltier? I Can Use MY Current Waterblock To Cool It Right? Whats The Pros And Cons???